Quote from: P2P on August 05, 2013, 02:17 amQuote from: comsec on August 05, 2013, 02:11 amYou can also load up a linux live CD and enter:dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdb bs=1M to nuke the USB drive.While in linux, (or tails) plug in USB drive you want to wipe and open terminal and type "dmesg" it should be the last entry, usually /dev/sdb or something. Enter in terminal: dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdb bs=1M and it wipes the drive, though the installer is sometimes easier because you encrypt it afterwards with an impossible password using GUI if you don't know the terminal commands. /dev/sda is usually your HDD in linux, don't wipe that unless you want too.I would prefer a GUI if possible. Where is the installer? Do you have a link?Also, concerning the last command you wrote (Enter in terminal: dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdb bs=1M and it wipes the drive), if I am using a tails USB, it won't wipe the tails USB as well, will it? The USB is needed to run the OS, which is needed to run the wipe. Wiping the USB performing the wipe sounds like it would generate a black hole to another dimension.By the way, would you mind breaking down that command for me? I am interested in specifically what it is saying.Dumb down your answers as much as possible. I have no LINUX experience whatsoever (beyond using tails).dd is basically "direct device" copy. /dev/urandom is a file that in Linux spits out random numbers when you read from it. "if=" specifies the in file. "of=" specifies the out file. "bs=" is the block size. That will do a single pass, which is probably good enough. By a single pass I mean it will overwrite the disk a single time. DBAN will do it many times. It probably isn't necessary to do it many times, but it depends on who you talk to.You do understand that what you're talking about doing will destroy the operating system, malware, and everything else on the drives? There will be nothing. No data will survive at all. You will turn the computer on and it will beep angrily and turn back off, every single time, until you install a new operating system for it to load -- I just want to be sure you understand that wiping a hard drive means wiping it totally, not just wiping everything except the operating system. There's no way to do that (nor would you want to do it, as it wouldn't destroy the evidence you seem to want destroyed so badly).